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plates and hooks in addition to eyelets.

LOUISFELLHEIMER, OF' NIEW YORK, NeY.

Letters Patent No. 80,343, dated July 28,1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN GLASPS POR HOOP-SKIRTVS.

TO ALL WH-OM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it know'n that I, LOUIS FELL'HEIMER, of New York, in the county and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hoop-Skirts; and I do hereby declare that the following is'a full, clear, and. exact descriptiuthereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the samefreference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to the manufacture of hoop-skirts, and particularly to the method of fastening the `tape to the steel spring, andfit consists in passing the steel spring transversely through one eyelet, and then pressing down the inner end of the eyelet on the steel, as will be hereinafter described.

Figure-1 represents a longitudinal section of the tape and steel, with the cyelet passed through the tape, and with the steel'passed transversely through the eyelet in contact with the tape, but without being fastened by clenching or otherwise, thel section being through the line x x, viig. 2.

VFigure 2 shows an outside view of the tape as it appears when fastened to the steel spring in the skirt. Figures 3 and 4 represent two metheds ofpres/sing down the inner end'of the eyelet upon the steel.

Similar'letters of reference indicateorresnonding parts. I A is the steel spring.

f B is the tape.

Various methods have been devised for fasteningthe tape andthe steel together, so as toprevent slipping and renderthe fastening durable, some of which methods are complicatedia'n'd expensive, requiring metallic Being' a manufacturer of hoop-skirts, I have experimented largely, with a view of inding'some cheap and durable fastening, and have discovered .that the simple eyelet is all that is required for the purpose.

' By boring or slotting the tube of the eyelet, and passing the steel through'the hole or slot 'thusmade transl versely wit-hitlie tube, so thatthe steel will be parallel with the tape, and incontact, or nearly in contact, there,-

with. when it is passed through the eyelet, and then crushing'thc eyclet down on the steel, as seen in figs; 3 and 4, the object is accomplished, and the fastening is made in the most permanent and durablemanner.

The tube of the eyelet may be either slotted or ahole bored or made transversely through the tube ofthe eyelet, and the steel passed through the hole or slot thus formed,-and the parts crushed down upon-the steel,

as seen in gs. 3 4and 4.

The head of the eyelet will show upo'n the outside of the' tape and skirt. The steel will be in Contact with the tape inside, and theft-wo will be secured together by'crushing, as before described.

I am aware 'that eyelets have been used for fastening hoop-skirts, having their barrels c utflongitudinally "from the outercdge to the flange, leaving two or more leaves or parts detached from each other, to be folded over the steel and tape; but as this construction forms no part ofmy improvement, I do not therefore claim it; 'but having described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire-to secure'by Letters Patent, is l 1. Fastening the steelfA, to the eyelet C, bearing the tape B, by passing the same through holes bored transverselythrough each side 'of the eyelet, and then crushing down the inner ends of said veyelet upnirthe steel, as herein shown and described. r 1

2. Boring-holes transversely through the sides of the` eyeletC for the passage of the steel, A, whereby said steel is secured'to the eyelet inside the tape B, as and for the purpose specified. A

The above specification, ofmy invention signed by'me, this 23d d ay of `January, 1868.

' Y LOUIS FELLHETMER.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MCNAMARA, ALEX. F. Ronnn'rs. 

